Seattle Public Utilities is reminding folks that garbage, recycling and yard waste collections are on a normal schedule next week, despite the Memorial Day holiday. So if Monday is your […]
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Sewer re-lining project snarls morning commute
Updated: As promised, Andy Ryan with Seattle Public Utilities has provided us a little more information about this morning’s project. “We’re really sorry this happened,” Ryan starts off, “This shouldn’t […]
City to work with residents on Roadside Raingardens
About six months after Seattle Public Utilities started the Roadside Raingarden Pilot Project in Ballard (.pdf map here), many residents who live next to them are upset. Nearly 75 people […]
Free tree-cycling until January 9th
The city is offering free curbside “tree-cycling” until January 9th for customers who subscribe to curbside food and yard waste collection. Trees and greens need to be cut into sections […]
RainWise Roadshow coming to Ballard
Ballard is the test market for Seattle’s new RainWise incentive program, which pays homeowner who live in certain areas of the neighborhood to create rain gardens on their property. On […]
Drainage issues in roadside raingardens
To help reduce the amount of storm water that flows into the sewers, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is building roadside raingardens along 28th Ave NW. The future raingardens are still […]
Seattle’s rooftops are going green
The city of Seattle has nearly 360,000 square feet of rooftop gardens on 62 public and private buildings, according to a new report (.pdf) just released by the city. The […]
New city ordinance has restaurants going green
New rules go into effect Thursday requiring restaurants, coffee shops, food courts and cafeterias in Seattle to serve one-time use foods in compostable or recyclable containers. Drew Greer, owner of […]
City says Golden Gardens Creek has low levels of fecal coliform
Golden Gardens Creek may not be as contaminated as first thought. File photo from May 2009. Water samples taken by Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) on Wednesday show very low levels […]
Garbage collection normal on Memorial Day
Seattle Public Utilities is reminding folks that garbage, recycling and yard waste collections are on a normal schedule next week, despite the Memorial Day holiday. So if Monday is your […]
Roadside raingardens to be installed soon
Construction of the Roadside Raingardens project in Ballard is scheduled to begin in a few weeks. A total of 77 households will have gardens planted on the city-owned planting strip in front of their property, featuring a variety of plants and trees whose root structure is designed to hold stormwater long enough to absorb into the soil instead of pouring into combined sewer/stormwater pipes.
An example of a roadside raingarden along Linden Ave N in Seattle
Seattle Public Utilities employees were on hand during the final community planning meeting on May 12 to address any last concerns from residents affected by the project.
“It’s a new approach to dealing with sewers,” said SPU project manager Karen York. She said the area has an average of 12 Combined Sewer Overflows per year, when the federal EPA requires an average of one. CSOs happen in older areas of Seattle where sewer and stormwater lines are combined, and during large storms they will sometimes overflow into Puget Sound to prevent sewer backups into people’s homes.
Roadside raingardens coming to Ballard
In order to help reduce the amount of storm water that flows into the combined sewer system, Seattle Public Utilities will be constructing roadside raingardens along some Ballard streets. Example […]
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